DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin

DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin

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Curious Map

Curious Map

Light all flames on the map in Majula

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How to unlock the Curious Map achievement in DARK SOULS II: Scholar of the First Sin - Definitive Guide

To get this achievement you must defeat certain bosses and light the bonfires that count as their area. Each one adds a light to the map in the mansion in Majula. Note: Do not kill Cale (He will be a target given by Royal Sorcerer Navlaan). Thanks to Thee Alec P for pointing this out.

Firstly, you must find Cale the Cartographer. He is found in the open area after the Cardinal Tower bonfire in the Forest of Fallen Giants. From the bonfire go down the ladder and out where the fog gate is/was. Go halfway up the tree then jump off to the right to land on a roof in the middle of the area. Then, going in the same direction as you were going up the tree (towards the mountain), jump across to another platform. From there go right and down towards a cave entrance which sits in the corner next to a wall.

You must exhaust his dialogue, and make sure that he gives you the Mansion Key.

Now that you have the key, go back to Majula and enter the mansion, which is the large building behind the pit. As you enter go right, follow this along and around a corner, then continue onwards through a doorway and down some stairs. You should be able to see the map on the ground. From the bottom of the stairs go down the next stairs to your right. There is a skeleton down here, kill it and then go back to the bonfire and rest.

Now you can proceed to light the flames. This is done by lighting certain bonfires and killing certain bosses, I will order them as you will likely come across them in the game:

1. Light the Cardinal Tower bonfire in the Forest of Fallen Giants, the kill the Last Giant.

2. Light The Saltfort bonfire in Sinner's Rise, then kill the Lost Sinner.

3. Light the Eygil's Idol bonfire in the Iron Keep, then kill the Old Iron King.

4. Light the Hidden Chamber bonfire in Black Gulch, then kill the Rotten.

5. Light the Lower Brightstone Cove bonfire in Brightstone Cove Tseldora, then kill the Duke's Dear Freja.

6. Light the Undead Ditch bonfire in the Undead Crypt, then obtain the King's Ring.

7. Light the Shrine Entrance bonfire in Dragon Shrine, then obtain the Ashen Mist Heart.

8. Light the King's Gate bonfire in Drangleic Castle, then kill Throne Watcher and Throne Defender (Changed from the original wherein you had to kill Nashandra).

Now that you have all of the flames lit, go back to the map in the mansion in Majula, and talk to Cale. He will gift you his gear and the achievement will pop.
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03 Apr 2015 15:05

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8. Light the King's Gate bonfire in Drangleic Castle, then kill Throne Watcher and Throne Defender (Changed from the original wherein you had to kill Nashandra).

what du you mean? You still have to kill here after them ...
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By o O XAERO O o on 19 Apr 2015 10:40
Updated. Though, as with many edits I have had to make to a lot of the guides, it seems obvious not to kill a character that is central to the achievement. However, I can see how some might (in this case more likely as you are told to kill him).
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By Qozul on 29 Apr 2015 17:13
Also, depending on your skill/level, you can defeat the Throne Watcher/Defender before finishing the Giant Memories that activate Nashandra spawning. That way you can defeat the Throne duo, and not have to worry about a fight afterwards or using a homeward bone.
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By TSNormandy on 07 May 2015 20:33
Hmm I did all this and talked to Cale and no achievement. Any reports of issues with this one?
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By Mr Squishy2 on 19 Jan 2016 03:43
For 8 you definitely have to kill Nashandra still for the achievement to unlock.
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By Vermigs on 12 Mar 2016 22:23
my achievement is stuck on Done.. Unlocking.. did anyone run into the same thing and how did you solve it ?
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By Mehdi on 12 Apr 2016 07:26
There is no solution as such, you simply wait and it will unlock. Most people have them unlock after about 24 hours, others have been up to a week, however, it always does unlock.
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By Qozul on 12 Apr 2016 07:58
Because i have had this problem with the Deer God game , an achievement is Done.. Unlocking and it has been 2 months now and still nothing :/ , i just hope this one doesn't do the same
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By Mehdi on 12 Apr 2016 20:03
hopefully it wont
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By Qozul on 12 Apr 2016 20:24
As far as I can tell, you DONT need to light the "Hidden Chamber" bonfire in Black Gulch, only the Mouth bonfire needs to be lit
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By Quirkscrew on 29 Jun 2016 01:18
EDIT: achievement finally popped for me a few days later.
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By DJ RJester on 24 Jun 2019 12:26
Had to replay the game for this (and Moonlight Greatsword). BEFORE you talk to Cale to collect the gear, quit the game entirely, do not just quick resume. Once I freshly booted the game and talked to him, popped no issue.
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By Tokenlad on 25 Mar 2023 18:44
Perfect solution!
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By Brave Tanuki on 13 Jun 2023 09:22
Didn’t unlock for me, will have to try again on NG+, I did read somewhere on that you’re also supposed to light all the bonfires in all the areas as well no confirmation about that, but has anyone else tried that?
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By Psychotic Mr L on 08 Jul 2023 02:32
Sorry to beg here but... Somebody save me, please!

I got all flames but no achievement. I'm in the New Game + now, but I don't have spirit to do all that stuff alone. A friend put me a HUGE level so it's hard to find players to help.

I need Lucatiel's set too, but can do that alone.
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By MauriceLePen on 20 Nov 2023 20:02
There is a gap after you kill TW&TD where you can homeward bone (or other method of transport) out of the boss room to the bonfire. You can do this then go and meet Cale.

You can also just kill Nashandra afterwards, then go to talk to Cale (the way I did it).

However, the flame should appear once TW&TD have been defeated, therefore since defeating them is the condition for the flame I decided to put them as the condition in the guide, then mention that in the original version defeating Nashandra is the condition for clarification.
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By Qozul on 19 Apr 2015 13:33
Probably worth mentioning here that if you kill Cale (as part of Royal Sorcerer Navlaan's questline for example) you will be unable to attain this achievement. Although he can be talked to by offering souls at his gravestone, he will not give you his equipment after finishing his dialogue - I learnt this the hard way.
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By iAlecP on 29 Apr 2015 15:46
No reported issues that I know of. Did Cale give you his equipment? Have you checked that all the flames on the map are lit? If they are not you have probably missed something.

Have you checked your achievements app to see if it says "Done... Unlocking"? If it is then it will unlock eventually. My other suggestion is to simply do another run for this.
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By Qozul on 19 Jan 2016 08:32
The achievement DID unlock this time on NG+. Things I did differently on the second play through just incase this could help someone in the future.

1) made sure I found all bonfires in the areas that I had actually visited while playing the game, on my first run I didn’t do this and I still had areas missing bonfires. Optional areas and DLC areas I never went to on this run through so i didn’t get any of their bonfires

2) In the throne of want I beat the Throne Watcher and Defender, and when Nashandra entered the room and her fight started i immediately used the feather to go back to my last bonfire. On my first run I beat her as well and waited until after the credits to try and get the map achievement and it didn’t pop

3) I fully quit out of the game while at the Majula bonfire before speaking to Cale. I saved and quit and once the main screen came up, I dash boarded and quit the game as well, then loaded the game back up

4) I didn’t skip any dialog with Cale, and didn’t button mash the “A” button or anything like that to try and make it go faster
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By Psychotic Mr L on 15 Jul 2023 04:20
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to do this you need to find Cale in the forest of the fallen giants and exhaust all of his dialogue. You will get a key that unlocks the manor in Majula, go there and kill the monsters in the basement.

Then you need to complete every major objective for the story completion.

After watching the ending cutscene you can return to the manor. Find cale in the basement and Again talk to him and exhaust all of his dialogue to pop the trophy and get some swag poison resist gear.
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Thanks kaytanna22. Just wanted to add that completing every major objective does include fighting the final boss. Unlike the first Dark Souls the game doesn't automatically put you into NG+ but rather makes you do so at the bonfire in Majula. This confused me at first cause I was under the impression as soon as the the last boss is defeated the game ends.
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By FateWolf on 10 Mar 2016 20:12

After you find the Cardinal Tower bonfire go down the ladder in that room (the following areas have plenty of enemies but this is the route you need). At the bottom head left and through the door at the end, you’ll be facing a fallen tree that makes a ramp upwards. About halfway up you can drop onto a doorway on the left, do so and then turn around drop to the ground. Run across to the ladder down here and climb up it. At the top cross the wooden ramp on your left and make your way to the roof of the house, from here do a running jump to the wooden platform in the corner. Then go right and drop down to the next platform. There is a cave on the left side, so head in slowly, a boulder should roll down so be careful. Once it passes go up the ramp and speak to Cale. He will give you the mansion key and you should only leave when he starts to repeat himself. Once you have defeated the Last Giant he will be back in Majula, in the mansion by the stone map. You now need to do the following to light the fires (be sure to light all nearby bonfires):

Defeat the Last Giant - Forest of Fallen Giants
Defeat the Lost Sinner - Sinner's Rise
Defeat the Old Iron King - Iron Keep
Defeat the Rotten - Black Gulch
Defeat the Duke's Dear Freja - Brightstone Cove Tseldora
Obtain the King's Ring - Undead Crypt
Obtain the Ashen Mist Heart from the Ancient Dragon - Dragon Shrine
Defeat Nashandra - Drangleic Castle

DO NOT CHOOSE NG+ straight away after beating the last boss. Instead head back to Majula and speak to Cale to get his gear and the achievement.

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To earn this trophy, you need to speak to Cale the Cartographer in the Forest of the Fallen Giants and have him return to the mansion in Majula. You can reach him from the Cardinal Tower Bonfire. Go down the ladder and outside, across the tree trunk and traversing the rooftops with the archers on them. He will be located in the cavern on the far side. Exhaust his dialogue and he will go to the Majula mansion basement.

You must then defeat The Last Giant, Lost Sinner, The Rotten, Old Iron King, The Duke's Dear Freja and the Throne Watchrer/Defender. You must also acquire the King's Ring and Ashen Mist hart to light all 8 flames. Once you have done so speak speak to Cale and he will give you his helmet for the trophy.

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There is a mansion in Majula that can be opened with the key of the man from the picture of this trophy. In the basement of this mansion there is a map with lights. More precisely, at first without lights. The lights come on after the death of a boss. Kill all these bosses and the trophy will drop.
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01 Mar 2016 18:29

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Light all 8 lights on the map. For this:

Location - Name of fires - What to do

Forest of Fallen Giants - Cardinal Tower - Defeat the Last Giant
Sinner's Rise - The Saltfort - Defeat the Lost Sinner
Iron Keep - Eygil's Idol - Defeat the Old Iron King
Black Gulch - Hidden Chamber - Defeat the Rotten
Brightstone Cove Tseldora - Lower Brightstone Cove - Defeat the Duke's Dear Freja
Undead Crypt - Undead Ditch - Obtain the King's Ring
Dragon Shrine - Shrine Entrance - Obtain the Ashen Mist Heart from the Ancient Dragon
Drangleic Castle - King's Gate - Defeat Nashandra (Final Boss)

Then talk to the cartographer
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By Amber_Valletta on 02 Oct 2018 21:52
If the cartographer is dead, you will not receive a prize on this playthrough.
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By K2J on 11 May 2016 01:08
You can approach him before and after killing the final boss.
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By Lemars on 09 Nov 2016 03:10
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In the Forest of Fallen Giants we find cartographer Cale in the cave. We talk to him until he gives the key to the mansion in Majula. After this we talk again (he will say that he will soon go to Majula). In the mansion we kill the skeleton. After the next rest, Cale will come to the mansion and stand near the map in the basement.

All the lights will light up after killing all the bosses, including the last one.
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17 Jul 2015 18:13

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You don't need to kill Vendrick, the Ancient Dragon, and the One in the Dark to get the achievement.
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By Bum-bum on 29 Nov 2015 16:26